http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2012/09/20/karen-lewis-for-aft-president-numbers-dont-add-up/ A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions. Thu, 02 May 2013 19:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2012/09/20/karen-lewis-for-aft-president-numbers-dont-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-9373 norm scott Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:19:04 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=5428#comment-9373 You pretty much nailed it Mike though I think some of the different NYSUT numbers may be due to NEA and retirees — at least that was what I heard in Detroit. 600,000 may be closer.
Karen is currently a member of Randi’s Progressive Caucus, which allows her to be an AFT veep and on the exec board. Not that that is all that important to her but there is no alternative caucus in the AFT that could present a challenge yet. Maybe in 2014.
The AFT is not a democracy but a theocracy where the top spot is passed down to the UFT president since 1974 – other than the McElroy holding action till Randi was ready. Unity Caucus sends 800 delegates to the AFT convention while Chicago sends 150 at most. LA is not a factory because it is more NEA. The only way to change the numbers is if a group in NYC challenges the Unity hold — and we’re trying but it will be along haul.

]]> http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2012/09/20/karen-lewis-for-aft-president-numbers-dont-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-9372 Mike Antonucci Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:50:53 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=5428#comment-9372 That’s true, but they reported 400,000 total members to NEA, so that’s what I went with.

]]> http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2012/09/20/karen-lewis-for-aft-president-numbers-dont-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-9371 Mike Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:53:19 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=5428#comment-9371 NYSUT boasts 600,000 members.
http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/about.htm

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